Experience

Jan-2022 to present: Assistant Professor, Materials Science Centre, IIT-Kharagpur, India
Aug-2019 to Oct-2021: Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Nov-2017 to July-2019: Visiting Scientist, IISc Bangalore, India
Sep-2015 to Sep-2017: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyushu Unversity, Japan

Education

2011-2015: Ph. D in Materials Science (Integrated PhD, IISc Bangalore, India)
2009-2011: M.S in Chemical Sciences (Integrated PhD, IISc Bangalore, India)
2006-2009: B. Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry, RKMRC Narendrapur University of Calcutta

Awards

2017: Best poster prize, Electron Microscope Society of India
2015: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, JSPS, MEXT, Japan
2015: Young Scientist Award (in Physics), K. V. Rao Scientific Society, India
2014: Gold medal, Shell India Computational Talent Prize, Shell
2012: Unilever-RSC Science Communication fellowship, Imperial Cllege London
2009: Integrated Ph. D Research Fellowship, IISc Bangalore, India
2002: Certificate of Distinction, International Australian mathematics Olympiad, Australian Maths Trust

Outreach Experience

2017: Microscopy at the Ultimate Limit: ‘See’-ing the Atoms in Materials: Invited talk at Meizen High School, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan (JSPS Science Dialogue Program)

Community Service

Reviewer: Journal of Materials Science, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, NPJ 2D Materials and Applications
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